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Page 18
... object of last night's denunciations had set off at peep of dawn on a long tour of business for Mr. Hay , he wished he had not indulged his angry feelings quite so vehe- mently when he ought to have been asleep . This incident ...
... object of last night's denunciations had set off at peep of dawn on a long tour of business for Mr. Hay , he wished he had not indulged his angry feelings quite so vehe- mently when he ought to have been asleep . This incident ...
Page 27
... object of so much care . Seymour , who , though no longer an inmate , was a frequent guest at Mr. Hay's , and who now sat by Mrs. Hay's work - table helping one of the little girls on a " hard " sum she had brought home from school ...
... object of so much care . Seymour , who , though no longer an inmate , was a frequent guest at Mr. Hay's , and who now sat by Mrs. Hay's work - table helping one of the little girls on a " hard " sum she had brought home from school ...
Page 28
... object of the thoughts of all present entered the room , radiant in beauty , all smiles and tears , and almost overcome with the joy of seeing once more the beloved home and its circle of happy faces . She was followed by a Quaker lady ...
... object of the thoughts of all present entered the room , radiant in beauty , all smiles and tears , and almost overcome with the joy of seeing once more the beloved home and its circle of happy faces . She was followed by a Quaker lady ...
Page 41
... objects . And Miss Hay , if she thought of Seymour at all , had all old impressions ha- bitually present , although she was often sur- prised to notice traits which she could not reconcile to those impressions . But she was not much ...
... objects . And Miss Hay , if she thought of Seymour at all , had all old impressions ha- bitually present , although she was often sur- prised to notice traits which she could not reconcile to those impressions . But she was not much ...
Page 64
... object to all measures that would really relieve the people , and so they just give the people a taste to keep them quiet , and no more , for fear of what folks a thousand miles off would say ! You've heard of the jackass that was scar ...
... object to all measures that would really relieve the people , and so they just give the people a taste to keep them quiet , and no more , for fear of what folks a thousand miles off would say ! You've heard of the jackass that was scar ...
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